Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 11:17:28 -0700 From: Kelly Jones <kelly.terry.jones@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Waiting for a process to die Message-ID: <26face530905311117te38a4faya92733fbfebd9597@mail.gmail.com>
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How do I wait for a specific process to die? I want to do something like: waitpid 1234&&(echo "done!" | Mail -s "PROC DONE" kelly.terry.jones@gmail.com) I'm sure this is trivial, but I can't find a way to do it. I wrote a Perl script that checks every second if /proc/pid exists, but that only works if /proc is mounted + I'm now on VMs which can't easily mount /proc -- We're just a Bunch Of Regular Guys, a collective group that's trying to understand and assimilate technology. We feel that resistance to new ideas and technology is unwise and ultimately futile.
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